Basket



March 11, 1930. G. o. RESHAW BASKET Filed April 18, 1,927

Patented Mar. 11,1930

PATENT O FIC GEORGE OTIS RESHA'W, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.-

Application filed April 18,-1927. Serial No. 184,521:

My invention relates to stave baskets and containers such as are used inpacking vegetables, fruits and the like and particularly to such type ofbasket wherein the staves are 5 scored or otherwise formed so that thefree ends of each stave maybe bent upwardly at an angle totheintermediate portion of the stave and form substantially upright orstraight sides for the basket. The intermediate portions of. the stavesare bowed or arched to form the bottom of thebasket.

One'of the objects of my present invention is to provide means forsupporting and reinforcing the angularly'bent portions of spreading ofthe lower upright walls of the basket but also to provide a strongsupport for the arched portions of the staves which 'Another object ofmy invention is to provide a support of this nature which-will not onlycompletely embrace and house these angularly bent ortions of the stavesand thus reinforce an damage during use, but which will also. provide aledge to receive the outward thrust of the basket load and at the sametime provide a strong supporting bottom upon which 1 the basket rests. uI

These and other objects of my invention will be apparent from thefollowing specification when taken' in connection with the accompanyingdrawing wherein, p k Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved bas-' Fig.2 isaside elevation thereof, with certain parts broken away to show otherparts in section; 1 1

Fi 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the rein orcin means for theangularly bent portions'o the stave. v In the type of basket to wh1ch myinvention particularly applies, the basket is formed of a pluralityof'staves of wood'or other material. Each stave is bent angularlypreferably by scoring at two oints, one of which bends is shown at 4 ini 2 of the drawing, to provide a base or ottom portionliv and twodiametrically opposed upstanding the staves so as to prevent notonlyoutward constitute the bottom of the basket.

braces portions of both the upright and botprotect them from wear orsive strains or loads. In addition the-rein- .tions of the staves, buts'tifiens the upright equal ortions 8 and 10. The base'portionsfi f thestaves overlap and form the bottom of the basket, while the upstandinortions 8 and 10, which are also prefera y overlapped, form the sidewall of the basket. The side wall is reinfor'ced at appropriate pointsby bands or hoops 12 and 14. As a result ofthe foregoing constructionthe side wall of the basket is formed substantially straight withrespect to the bottom of the basket and the base portionsof the stavesare arched or bowed upwardly, thereby eliminating the lower roundcornered bend of the staves and permittingthe weight to be takendire'ctl upon the ends of the staves, while also aifor ing' a raisedbottom for the basket. My present invention consists in providingreinforcing means for the angularly bent portions 4 of the staves andparticularly reinforcing means which completely em:

tom walls adjacent the bend 4.

In my present invention I provide a metal band'16, which is angular orsomewhat L- shaped in cross section, so as to afford two supportingwalls, one adapted to embrace the upstanding portions of the-staves andsupport them, and the'other to rovide a ledge or lower wall 18 for underying and sup-' porting the outer portions of the arch shaped parts 6 ofthe staves which constitute the bottom of thebasket. This reinforcingband 16 forms aocomplete housing and support for the angularly bentportions of the staves and prevents breakage thereof due to exces--forcing means forms a bottom supportupon which thebasketrests. Thismetallic band 16 is secured by nails or staples 20 or otherwise, tocertain of the staves and rigidly embraces the lower ends of all of thevertical portions of the staves, while thebottom ledge 18, which isangularl disposed to the vertical wall of the ban 16 not. only forms aledge or seat for the ends of the bottom porportions of the band 16 tomaintainthe circular form thereof and prevent distortion of the bottomedge of the basket. due to uninside pressure 'or external strains.

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, I amaware that various changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the principles of my invention, the scope of which is tobe determined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a basket, a plurality of elastic woodsplints arranged and bent to form a tub basket, a central part of eachof the splints extendi n tions of ill of the basket, a pair of hoops forholdin the said'splints in substantially cylindrical orm, a metal L-shaed band covering the bottom corner of'the asket, the bottom splintsextending in parallel planes and the external diameter of the bottomhaving a diameter larger than the outside diameter of the L- shaped'hoopbefore the hoop is applied, the

central portions of the splints curved inwardly and operating by theirelasticity to engage the metal band and the metal band operating to holdthe outside of the bottom of the basket formed by the central parts ofthe splints concave as against their elasticity.

2. A tub basket comprising a plurality of staves each having a centralportion extending across the bottom of the basket and end portions bentupwardly at an abrupt angle to the central portion to form the sides ofthe basket, a plurality of hoo s holding the staves in substantiallycylin rical form and one of said hoops being of substantially L- shapein cross section and covering the bottom corner of the basket, the saidcentral portions of the staves being longer than the diameter of thebasket bottom and held in upwardly bowed form by engagement of the endsthereof in the corner of the aforesaid L- shaped ho across the bottomand the end pore splints extending along the sides PGEOBGE OTIS Rnsmw.

